Material handling apparatus



I Feb. 3, 1948. J. J. HlTE 2,435,353

MATERIAL HANDLING APPARATUS Filed May 8, 1944 7 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR. JQSEPH J. H I'TE ATTORNEY Feb. 3, 1948. J. J. HITE 2,435,353

MATERIAL HANDLING APPARATUS Filed May 8 1944 7 Sheets$heet 2 INVENTOR; JOSEPH .J. HITE NN BY ATTORNEY J. J. HlTE MATERIAL HANDLING APPARATUS Feb. 3, 1948.

7 Shets-Sheet 3 ATTORNEY Filgd May 8, 1944 Feb. 3', 1948. J. J. HlTE MATERI-AL HANDLING APPARATUS '7 Sheets-Shet 4 Filed May 8, 1944 o m m m JOSEPH .J. HITE ATTORNEY Feb. 3, 1948. J. J. HITE MATERIAL HANDLING APFARATUS Filed May 8, 1944 7 Sheets-Sheet 5 INVENTOR. I OSEPH J. HITE ATTORN EY Feb. 3, 1948. J. J. HlTE MATERIAL HANDLING APPARATUS 7 SheetsSheet 6 Filed May 8, 1944 ATTORNEY Feb. 3, 1948. J. J. HITE 2,435,353

MATERIAL HANDLING APPARATUS Filed May 8, 1944 .7 Sheets-Sheet 7 Fig.20

INVENTOR. JOSEPH J. H\TE ATTORNEY Patented Feb. 3, 1948 Joseph J. Hite, St. Paul, Minn, assignor. to AmericanHoist & Derrick Co., St. Paul, Minn, a. corporation of Delaware Application May 8, 1944, Serial No. 534,674

' Claims. (o1. ga -1' 7) 1 This invention has relation to a material handling apparatus useful for many purposes, but designed to be more especially useful as a-winch for employment on cargo transporting airplanes;

object of the invention is to provide a Inaterial handling apparatus constituted as a winch intended to be installed in a cargo transporting. air plane for use to the purpose of loading cargo. upon and removing cargo from the cargo transporting air plane.

A further object is to provide a material ban-- Fig. 11 is an end elev'ational view of the" base dling apparatus, or cargo winch, which will be,

of relatively light weight and.will occupy relatively small space, as upon or in an air plane, but will, at the same time, beequipped to handle articles or freight having comparatively great weight, as, for instance,'articles or freight of types which can be transported by air planes.

A further object is to provide a material handling apparatus especially designed for use to the purpose of loading and unloading air planes which will at all times be fit for operation, regardless of weather and temperature conditions other of the gear housings of said material handling apparatus;

Fig. 7 is a transverse sectional view, taken as on line'l- -l in Fig. 3;

"'as on line 8-8 in Fig, 3;

9 is a transverse sectional view, taken as on line 9 9 in Fig. 3.;

lFigJlOis an enlarged plan view of the base- .or thematerialj handling apparatus;

of the material handling apparatus as said base would appear from the left in Fig. 10;

Fig. 12 is an enlarged rear elevational view of the .base of the material handling apparatus;

' Fig. 13 is an end'elevational view of the base of the material handling apparatus as said base would appear from the left in Fig. 12;

Fig. 14 is a fragmentary horizontal transverse sectional view .ofthebase of the material hani 'dling apparatus, taken on line l4--l4 in Fig. 13;

and variations to which the material handling apparatus may be subjected.

And a further object is to provide a material handling apparatus which will incorporatefea-v tures and characteristics of construction as hereinafter set forth.

With the above objects in view, as well as others which will appear as the specification proceeds, the invention comprises the construe tion, arrangement and combination of parts as now to be fully described and as hereinafter to be specifically claimed, it being understood that the disclosure herein is merely illustrative and intended in no way in a limiting sense, changes in details of construction and arrangement of parts being permissible so long as within the spirit of the' invention and the scope of the claims which follow.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification,

Fig. l is a front elevational view, partially broken away, of a material handling apparatus made according to the invention;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary top plan view of the material handling apparatus of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view, parof the base of the material handling apparatus,

Fig. 15 is a vertical transverse sectional view of the, base of the material handling apparatus, takenon line l5- l5 in Fig. 12;

Fig; 16 is a verticaitransverse sectional view taken on line Iii-i6 in Figf12;

Fig. 17 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional View; agreeing generally with the disclosure of Fig. 3, detailing features of the rope clamp upon the drum of the material handling apparatus;

Fig. 18 is an enlarged plan view of the rope clamp bar;

Fig. 19 is a sectional viewof the rope clamp bar, taken on line IS -IB in'Fig. 18;

Fig. 20 is an enlarged elevational view of an electric motor of the material handling apparatus; and

Fig. 21 is a view of said electric motor and its brake, partially in elevation and partially in section.

With respect to the drawings and the numerals of reference thereon, a base for the material handling apparatus is denoted at 25. As will be more clear from Figs. 1 to 4 and 9 to 16, the base ZE'corisist's of a body 26 and supports 21 for said base integral with said body. The supports 27 include supports through the instrumentality of which the base can be rested upon and secured to a horizontal surface and supports through the-instrumentality of which said base can be rested against and secured to a vertical surface. as upon a transport airplane. Spaced apart bearings provided by the body 26 of the base of the material handling apparatus are represented at 28 and 29, respectively, and a curvilinear web 30 of said body 25 extends between said bearings 28 and 29 at the .rmr of the base 25. A substantially cylindrical extension portion of the body 26, at the outer side of and in surrounding rela- Fig..8 is a transverse sectional view, taken.

tion to the bearing 29, is constituted as a gear housing 3| of the material handling apparatus. 1 A cover 32. for the gearhousing 3| is fitted up 7 against and secured to the outer end of said gear housing 3|, as at 33. The cover 32 integrally includes a bearing 34, arranged centrally of said cover 32, alined with the bearings 28 and 29. The bearing 28 is disposed at the inner side. of the.

gear housing 3|, and the bearing 84 is disposed at the outer side of said gear housing 3|. A

end portion rotatably mounted, as at 63, in a bearing provided by and arranged lnterlorly of V the hollow clutch shaft 55. The spider 58. is

situated between and in spacedrelation to the V planet spiders 54 and 68. e

The bearing 34, provided by the cover 32 for i the gear housing 3|, rotatably supports the hub 64 of aclutch spider 65 situated outwardly of said bearing 34, and a stub shaft 66, rotatably substantially cylindrical extension portion 35 of v i said body 26, at the outer sideof and in surrounding relation to the bearing 28, integrally supports a flange member 36 disposed transversely of the base 25. A secondgear housing 31 of mounted upon an intermediate portion of the hollow clutch shaft 55spaced from the end portion of said hollow clutch shaft situated in and splined the material handling apparatus is disposed outwardly of the bearing, 28. Said second gear housing 31 is constituted as a cylindrical member having an integral outwardly extending flange 38 fitted up against and secured to the flange memelectric motor 43 is of the typeequipped with automatic, magnetic brake 43a. The cover 4| of'the material handling apparatus includes a centrally arr n opening, 44 ,alined with the 'bearings lll, 28, 29 "and 34, and the electric motor 43 is secured up against the cover 4|, as

at 45, so that its driven shaft lies in said opening Said driven shaft of the electric motor 43 includes a small'gear 46 which is situated within the second gear housing 31'adjacent the outer end of said second gear housing.

The bearing 29, rotatably supports the hub 41 of a planet spider'48 situated'within the gear housing 3| adjacent the inner end of said gear housing 3|, and a drum shaft 49 has one of its end portions situated in and'splined to said hub 41, as at 50, and its other end portion rotatably mounted in the bearing 28, A drum 5| of the.

material handling apparatusis situated upon the drum shaft 49 and is disposed between the bearings 28 and 29. More explicitly, the drum 5| extends substantially the distance between said bearings. 28 and, 29, and is splined to. the drum shaft 49, as at 52. a v

The drum shaft 49 is hollow, and the end portion of said drum shaft which is rotatably mounted in the bearing 28 provides a bearing arranged interiorly of the hollow drum shaft which rotatably supports the hub 53-of a planet spider 54 situated within the second gear housing 31 adjacent the inner end of saidv second gear housing 31, and a hollow clutch shaft 55 has one of its end portions situated in and splined to said hub 53, as at 56.

The bearing 4|], provided by the second gear housing 31, rotatably supports the hub 51 of a spider 58 situated within the second gear housing 31 outwardly of the planet spider 54. Said hub 51 of said spider 58 in turn rotatably supports the hub 59, of a planet spider 66 situated within said second gear housing 31 adjacent the outer end of said second gear housing 31, and a stub shaft 6| has one of its end portions situated in and splined to said hub 59, as at 62, and its oth r to the hub v-53 of the planet spider 54, has one of its end portions situated in and splined to said hub 64, as at 18, and its other end portionrotatably mounted, as at 19, in a bearing provided'by and arranged interiorlyof the hollow drum shaft' 49. The endportion of the hollow clutch shaft W 55 which is opposite the end portion of said hollow clutch shaft splined to'the hub 53 of said planet spider 54 terminates at a location somewhat out-' wardly of the clutch spider 65, and said clutch" spider is in spaced, surrounding relation to the hollow clutch shaft.

the small gear 46. gears 16, 16 are at diametrically opposite sides of the driven shaft of theelectric motor 43, and 7 each spur gear 16 is between and in mesh with An internal gear 61, in spaced, surrounding" relation to .the small gear 46 upon the driven shaft of the electric motor'43, is suitably and conveniently fixed in the outer end of the second gear housing 31, and the planet spider 68, in 00- operation with a spider ring 68 and pivot pins 69, 69, in said planet spider 60 and said spider ring 68, rotatably supports spaced apart, oppositely disposed spur gears 18, 16 each of which is in mesh at its exterior with teeth of the internal gear 61 and at its interior with teeth of That is to say, the spur said small gear 46 and said internal gear 61.

The stub shaft 6| fixedly carries a small gear 1| which is situated at the end'of said stub shaft 6| adjacent the hollow clutch shaft 55, and the spider 58, integral with the hub 51 rotatably mounted in the bearing 40 provided by the second gear housing 31, integrally supports an an nular member 12 in spaced, surrounding relation to said small gear 1|. An external gear 13 is suitably and conveniently fixed upon and about the outer surface of said annular member 12, and an internal gear 14 is suitably andconveniently fixed upon and about the inner surface of the annular member 12.- The planet spider 54,;- in cooperation with a spider ring 15 and pivot pins 16, 16 in said planet spider 54 and said spiderring 15, rotatably supports spaced apart,

oppositely disposed spur gears 11, 11 each of which isin mesh at its exterior with teeth of the inter nal gear 14 and at its interiorwith teeth of the s'mallgear 1|. Stated otherwise, the spur gears 11, 11 are at diametrically opposite sides oi the' stub shaft 6!, and each spur gear 11 is between and in mesh with-said small gear 1| and said internal gear 1 g A manually actuable small gear is adapted to be employed for the purpose of rotating the external gear 13, thus to rotate the spider 58 fixedly supporting said external gear 13, when this is intentional.- More explicitly, the small.

gear 86 is situated ,between the flange member 36 and the flange 38 and fixedly supported upon 7 a stub shaft 8| rotatably mounted in said flange member and flange. A hand crank assembly, de-' noted generally at 82, isadapted to-be applied to an extension portion 83 of 'said stub shaft 8|,

when said's'inall gear 89 is to be manually roe tated. idler pinion, rotatably supported between and by the flange member 96 and the flange 98, meshes with both the external gear I3 and the small gear 80. The annular mem ber 12, having the external gear 13 and the internal gear 14, is adapted or intended to be held stationary when the electric motor is operative to actuate the material handling apparatus. To this end, the flange 38 is provided with spaced apart, perforated ears 85, 85 adapted to receive a locking pin (not shown) also adapted to be passed through an opening 96 in the stub shaft 9| alined with the perforations in said ears 95. The locking pin is in practice removed fromthe Opening 96 and employed in an opening!" in said stub shaft 8| to secure the hand crank assembly 92 in operative position when the material handling apparatus is to be manually actuated. g

The stub shaft 66 fixedly carries a small gear 58 which is situated between the bearing 34 and the plant'spider 48., and an internal gear 89,- in spaces, surrounding relation to the small gear as, is suitably and conveniently fixed in the gear housing 3|. Said planet spider 48, in cooperation with a spider ring 99 and pivot pins 9|, 9|, 9| in said planet spider 48 and said spider ring 99, rotatably supports spur gears 92, 92, 92, spaced at 120 degrees apart, each of which is in mesh at its exterior with teeth of the internal gear 89 and at its interior with teeth of the small gear 89. That is to say, the spur gears 92, '92, 92 are spaced at 120'degrees apart about the small gear 68, and each spur gear 92 is between and in mesh with said small gear 98 and said internal gear 89. The clutch spider 65, splined to the stub shaft 66, is constituted as a part of a mechanism for connecting the hollow clutch shaft 55 with and releasing said hollow clutch shaft from the stub shaft 66. The details of construction of the clutch mechanism as such form he essential part of the present invention. The clutch spider 65 integrally supports a hollow substantially cylindrical member 93 splined, as at 94, at its inner surface; and the clutch mechanism includes a hub 95 rotatable with and slidable lor'i gitudinally along the hollow clutch shaft 55. The hub 95 is adapted to be moved longitudinally of said hollow clutch shaft 55,'thus to cause clutch elements 91 rigid with said hub 95 to be engaged with and disengaged from the splined inner surface of the hollow cylindrical member 93 upon the clutch spider 65, by operation 'of an actuating handle 96 for the clutch. When the clutch elements 94 and 91 are engaged, said clutch spider 65 will be rotated in response to rotation of the hollow clutch shaft 55, and when said clutch elements 94 and 91 are disengaged, the clutch spider 65 will not be rotated in response to rotation of said hollow clutch shaft 55. A rope clamp upon the drum 5| of the mate rial handling apparatus is disclosed in Figs. .3, 17, 18 and 19. As there'shown, said drum 5| is cut away to provide a concavity 98 in the outer surface of the A rope clamp bar 99 is held down in 'said concavity, against rope or cable I00 for the drum, through th n 'mmentality of a fastening screw llll which passes centrally through the rope clafnp bar 99, is sw ed between lengths of said rope or cable I09 and is threaded into said drum. 7 g

The manner in which the materialhandling apparatus operates, or is operated, will now be described. The manually actuabl gear 80 is held stationaryrthustoretain'the external gear 19, the annular member 12 andthe internal gear 84 in stationary position, by a, locking pin in the perforated ears .95, 65 and in the opening 86 through the-stub shaft II, when itis intended that the drum 5| be driven by the, 7. electric motor 49, Assuming the clutch elements 94 and .91 of the clutch mechanismto be engaged, as in Fig. 3 of the drawings, rotation of the driven shaft of said electric motor will cause said drum 5| to be rotated through the instrumentality of the small gear 46 upon said driven shaft, the internal gear 61, the spur gears 19,, 19 between said small gear 46 and said internal gear 91;, the planet spider 6 9 supporting said spur gears 19, 10, the stub shaft 6| 'spllned to said planet spider 60, the small gear. H upon said stub shaft 6|, the internal gear 14, the spur gears 11, 11 between said small gear H and said internal gear 14, ;,the planet spider 54 supporting said spur gears 11, ll, the hollow clutch shaft 55 splined to said planet spider .54, the clutch mechanism, the clutch spider 65, the stub shaft "swirled to said clutch spider 65, the

smallgeagr 64 upon said stub shaft 66, the internal gear 89,, the spur gears 92, 92, 92 between said small gear 69 and Said internal gear 89, the planet spider 49 supporting said spur gears 92, 92, 92, and the drum shaft 49 splined to said planet spider 49 and to the drum 5|;

The small gear 46 upon the electric motor shaft, the internal gear 61, the spur gears 19, I9 and the planet spider 60 constitute a first speed reduction gearing arrangement of the material handling apparatus. The stationary internalgear 61 and the small gear 46 when driven cause the spur gears 19, I9 to be moved circumferentially about said internal gear 61 and said small gear 46, and the planet spider 60 to be rotated in the hub 51 of the spider 59, The small gear H upon the stub shaft 6|, the internal gear 14,- the spur gears 11, TI and the planet spider 54 constitute a second speedreduction gearing arrangement of the material handling apparatus. The internal gear 14, heldstationary by the locked small gear 99, and the small gear II when driven cause the spur gears 11, TI to be moved circumferentially about said internal gear 14 and said small gear 1 I, and the planet spider54 to be rotated in its bearing'i-n the adjacent end portion of the drum shaft 49. The small gear 88 upon the stub shaft 66, the internal gear 89, the spur gears 92, 92,- 92 and the planet spider 48 consti- .tute a third speed reduction gearing arrangement of the material handling apparatus. The'stationary internal gear 89 and the small gear 88 when driven cause thespui' gears 92, 92, 92 to be moved circumferentially about "said internal gear 89 and said small gear 98, and the planet spider 49 to be rotated in the bearing 29'. As will be apparent, the cliitchnjlechanisin is situated between the second am ne third speed reduction gearing arrangements,

The inaiiuallyactuabl small gear at is rotated through the vin,striiirientalityof the hand crank assembly 62 when the drum 5| is tobe manually driven. The electric-meter 43 and its automatic. magnetic ,braige 43:; are adapted to retain the driven shaftof said electric motor, and hence the small gear 46, the gears I9, 10, the spider 69 and the stub fsfiaft 5'1. stationary during manual-l actuation of saiddrufii 51. Assuming the clutch elements '94 and 91 .ofthe clutch mechanism to be engaged, as in F g- 3, rotation of the internal gear 14, .iii response to rotation-of the small gear 99, will cause the drum 5| to be rotated through the instrumentality of the now stationary small gear H upon said stub shaft 6|, the spur gears 11,7! between said stationary small gear H and said internal gear 14, the planet spider 54 supporting said spur gears 11,11, the hollow clutch shaft 55' splined to said planet spider 54, the clutch mechanism, the clutch spider 65, the stub shaftfie splined to said clutch spider B5, thesmall gear 88 upon said stub shaft 66, the internal gear 89, the spur gears 92, 92,92 between said small gear 88 and said internal gear 89, the planet'spider 48 supporting said spur gears 92, 92, 92, and the drum shaft 49 splined to said planet spider Q8 and to said drum M. The stationary smal-lgear I l and the internal ar 14 when driven cause the spur gears H, T! to be movedacircumferentially about said stationary small gear ll and saidinternal gear '14, and the planet' 'sp'id'er 54 to be rotated. r

Attention is called to tbe'-fact-'-that when the material handling apparatus is being actuatedby the electric motor 33, the internal gear is'stat'ionary and the small gear ll is driven, and when said apparatus is being actuated manually'said small gear 1! is stationary-and said internal gearltisdriven. v Evidently, when thesin'all gear 1-! is rotated while the internal gear- 14 is stationary, as well as when said internal gear 14 is'rotated while said small gear "H is stationary, the spur gears 11, l1, and the planet spider 54 will be caused to move about the axis of said planet spider 54.

' For manual actuation of the drum ,the small gear til, the idler pinion B4 and the external gear 13 fixed upon the annular member 12 integral with the spider 58 constitute a first speed reduc'- tion gearing arrangementbf the material handl'in'g apparatus. That is to say', whether f the drum 5! is driven by the electricmotor 43 or manually driven by employment of the hand crank assembly 82, the material handling apparatus includes three separate" speed reduction gearing'arrangements. In the instance of both power and manual operation of said'apparatus; the clutch mechanism is interposed between the second and the third speed reduction gearing arran'gements.' b

A material handling apparatusfor cargo winch, made according to the invention can be of relatively light weight, occupybut relativelysmall space, and yet be equipped; to handle comparatively heavy articles or freight. The material handling apparatus or cargo winch herein' presented was designed for use primarily as equipment to be installed in cargo transporting airplanes. Lightness of weightand smallness of size of an apparatus or winch to be installed in'an airplane are, of course, factors of controlling 1m POrtance, 'The material handling apparatus of the present application has been devised to be. as light as possible; occupy'but a'minimum of space, and yet equipped. to handle heavy loadsg .The' construction and, arrangement, including I the hollow drum shaft .49, thehollowclutch shaftji, the three speed reductions, etc, lends itself toward both lightness of weight and occupation of considerably less space than isrequired for speed reduction gearings as ordinarily.,,heretofore in'.-

stalled. A great many' of the partsg or,elements of the apparatus can be, and are. made of lighter metals, such as magnesium or aluminum. That is to say, it is desirable that lighter metals be employed in the construction of the apparatus at all places where lighter. metalscan be satisfactorily and efiiciently used. In instances'where lighter metals would efficiently, high grade steel is employed. A material handling apparatus, or cargo winch, installed as permanent equipment in-an airplane shq l Obviously, be constructed to :be lit for operation at all times, regardless of weather and temperature conditions and variations to which the apparatus or winch may besubjected; The construction and arrangement of the present material handling apparatus lends itself admi'r ably toward the likelihood that th'e apparatus will work instantly under adverse Weather' and temperature conditions. It 7 might be mentioned that the parts or elements of the material hang dling'apparatus will not become heated to any appreciable extent during operation of the appa ratus. The relativel'y light structure will not cause or permit excessive, heat to becomestored in the apparatus. 5

The electric motor 43 employed will desirably be of high speed type. The higher the'speed of said electric motor, the smaller itss'izef can be. Since H. P. equals load by speed, the higher the Speed of the electric motor, the gr ater the resultant H. .P. applied for operation of the drumSl.

The drum shaft and the 5i can be freely rotated as a unit so that therope or cable can be paid off quickly, as when said rope or cable is to be attached to a loadlt behandled, while the clutchmfechanism of the material han: dling apparatus, or cargo Winch, is positioned so that the clutch elements 94 and 91 are disen gaged. Unloadinszor letting a, load down by gravity, can be accomplished with the clutch controlling the speedoflowering by using the clutch as a brake, which in turn reverts its braking power back to the motor brake, through the clutch shaft and the second and firstspeed reduction gearing arrangements. V z

-Whatisclaimedis: i 1. Material handling apparatus comprising a drum, a rotatably mounteddrumshaftfixedly supporting said drum, an electric motor for'causing said drum shaft to be rotated; adevice adapted to be manually actuated'to cause said drum shaft to be rotated, an operative connection between saidelectric motor and saiddrum shaft constituted as a clutch shaft, aclutch mechanism and aplurality of speed reduction: gearing arrangementsincluding first and second speed reduction gearing arrangements between said electric motor'and said clutch shaft and athird speed reduction gearing arrangement between said clutch mechanism and said drum 'shafta'n operative connection between said device. adapted to be manually actuated and said drum shaft constituted as said clutch shaft," said clutch mechanism,' said second speed reduction gearing arrangement, a fourth speed reduction gearing arrangement between said device adapted to'fbe manually actuated and said second speed reduc tion gearing arrangement andsaid third speed reduction gearing arrangementjmean fior caus ing said fourth speed 'reductiongearing arrange; ment to be stationary While said first speed reduction gearing arrangement is operative, and means for causing said first speed reduction gearing arrangement to be. stationary while said' fourth speed reduction gearing arrangement is operative.

i 2. Material handling apparatus comprising a drum, a rotatably mounted drum shaft fixedly supporting said drum, an electric motor for causnot work satisfactorily and eases ing said drum shaft to be rotated, a device adapted to be manually actuated to cause said drum shaft to be rotated, an operative connection between said electric motor and said drum shaft constituted as a first speed reduction gearing arrangement, a second speed reduction gearing arrangement, a clutch shaft, a clutch mechanism and a third speed reduction gearing arrangement, an operative connection between said device adapted to be manually actuated and said drum shaft constituted as a fourth speed reduction gearing arrangement, said second speed reduction gearing arrangement, said clutch shaft, said clutch mechanism and said third speed reduction gearing arrangement, means for causing said f u th spee r d tio earin ar an em .to be stationary while said first speed reduction a i a a em is pe at e, and eans for ca s i first pe d redu t o s a in a a ie i t be stat na h le a ou th sp d e c on sea g ar an em is o ativ 3. Material handling apparatus comprising a drum, a rotatably mounted drum shaft fixedly supporting said drum, an electric motor for causing said drum shaft tobe rotated, a device ada pted to be manually actuated to causesaid shaft to be rotated, an operative connection between said electric motor and said drum shaft constituted as a first speed reduction gearing arrangement, a second speed reduction gearing arrangement, a clutch shaft, a elutch mechanisrn and a third speed reduction gearing arrangement, Said first s ee dllQ Q gearing arran ement being interposed betwee -s id el r e m t and .the second speed reduction gearing arrangement,

said second speed reduction gearing arrangement being interposed between the first speed reduction gearing arrangement and the clutch shaft, said clutch shaft being connected to the clutchmechanism, and saidthird reduction gearingarrangement being interposedbetween said clutch mechanism and said drum shaft, an operative connection between said deviceadapted to be manually actuated and said drum shaft constituted as a fourth speed reduction gearingarrangement, said second speed reduction gearing arrangement, said clutch shaft, said clutch mechanism and said third speed reduction gearing arrangement, said fourth speed reduction gearing arrangement being interposed betweensaid device adapted to be manually actuatedandsaid second speed reduction I gearing arrangement, means for causing said fourth speed reduction gearingarrangen ent to be stationary while said first speed reduction gearing arrangement is operative, and means for causing said first speed reduction gearing arrangement to be stationary while said fourth speed re o sea i ar an emen i op tive.

4. Material handling apparatus comprising a drum, a rotatably mounted hollow drum shaft fixedlysupporting said drum',.an electric motor ,for causing said hollow drum shaft to be rotated, a device adapted to be manually actuated to cause saidhollow drum shaft to be rotated, an operative connection between said electric motor and said hollow drum shaft constituted as a clutch shaft in said hollow drum shaft, a clutch mechanism and a plurality of speed reduction gearing arrangements including two speed reduction. gearing arrangements between said electric 'm to fland sa d .elii e sha t and a hird-speed reduction gearing arrangement between said clutch mechanism and said hollow drum shaft, and an operative connection between said device vbl) anism and a third speed reduction gearing ar 10 adap ed id be manually a tuated en ai li llew drum s a t ee t tiiied as sai ut h shaft ai eliiie meeiieiiisiii; ne of sai We peed edd tie e rin ar ang ment between a d electric me e and s d e iit i sha a ieii i speed edi eiieii se rin arran em nt betw e sai de i adapte e be ii dniiellr a tua ed and s id men;- iie ed on f said We spee du i n in a an e e ts betwe th e ct ic mete d di eluieh sii it d dseid th rd iediieii s ar a rsi eemeni tween sa d cl h m ch n m and aid h l w d um haii- ,5- Mat ria handl ng ap ara eem r ine a drum, a rotatably mounted hollow drum shaft .i x dlysu pe iie said diiiii i an le i ie met iei e iisi i sa d re ew .di'iiie shaft to b r tateda d vi ada ted t beiii nuei raedis ed esuse aid .he w drum sha t s be .re dte an 0P9??? i ee inee i betwe n s id eleeir e te nd a d bel w drumslia i :eensii t d as s fi s peed r d ie ien s ari g a ran ement a sec n s ed red e sn searin ar an ement, a ut h haf a ut me han s i a t ir speed du t on arin ar an ent and a Ope a v eenn ei s betw e sa d vis ada te to be manually aei i i d an sa d .hellew sha t t tut d e e i i j eed re deiien ari a a me sa s een p ed edd tiei ar n r n m t. said ut n shaf said .e iiteh mechan sm and sa ird s ee ed eti ii arin arra ment 16- .Maieriel hand in a ara u eem i s e a drum. i r tatab mei ed h w d u ha t fixed s por in said drum a el ctr motor o sensin aid bel ow drum shaft t b r t te is d vise .ed t dte be mental a tu te to eei s sa l ewdrumshai to .be rot d an op ive M /1 912 9 b tween said l i motor e l aid ,he le d u sh ft ,ie nseit ed as d fi s e d edu o s a ing arran em n a se on speed e uetie searin ar an emen ae i shaft in aidhel ew drum sh ft a c ut m c a i m nd .a third s eed ,if ii tidn se rin r an em nt, said fi t s e d r dueiie s ri ar n e bein inte osed e weens ec i mete and the se on s eed reduc ion s a n a raneeme t, said second speed reduction gearing arrangement l e ii inter o dbe w en t fi t p ed ed ctio searin arr n emen an th clut h s s i ehiteh sha .beinseenn t d-to theclutch mechanism, and said third speed reduction gearing a n emen e n inte o ed ,b wee s id l ch me a is and sai o low d m a t, and an operative connection between said device adapt d dbema ual y ctuated and saidlhol w .d fumtsha t constituted ass ou th sp ed r du tion gearing arrangement, said second speed re,- ,duction gearing arrangement, said .clutch shaft, said clutchmechanisrn andsaid third speed reduction gearing arrangement, said fourth speed reduction gearing arrangement being interposed between said device adapted to be manually actuated ,and said second speed reduction gearing arran em nt.

;Mate-rial handling apparatus comprising a drum, a rotatably mounted hollow drum shaft fixedly supporting saiddruman electric motor ,for causing said hollowdrum shaft tobe rotated, a device adapted tobe manually actuatedto .causesaid.hollowdrum shaft to be rotated,.an operative connection between vsaidelectricvmotor .andsaidhollow drum shaft constitutedas a first speed reductiongearing arrangement, a second speed .reduction gearing .arrangement, .a clutch shaft in said hollow drum shaft, a clutch mech- 1 1. V t rangement, an operative connection between said device adapted to be manually actuated and said drum shaft constituted as a fourth speed reduction gearing arrangement, said second speed reduction gearing arrangement, said clutch shaft,

drum, a rotatably mounted hollow drum shaft fixedly supporting said drum, an electric motor for causing said hollow drum shaft to be rotated, a device adapted to be manually actuated to cause said hollow drum shaft to be rotated, an operative connection between said electric motor and said hollow drum shaft constituted as a hollow clutch shaft in said hollow drumshaft, a clutch mechanism and a plurality of speed reduction gearing arrangements 7 including first and second speed reduction gearing arrangements between said electric motor and said hollow clutch shaft and a third'speed reduction gearing arrangement between said clutch mechanismand said hollow drum shaft, anoperative connection between said device adapted tobe manually acas said hollow clutch shaft, saidclutch mechanism, said second speed reduction gearing arrangement, a fourth speed reduction gearing arrangement'between said deviceadapted to be manually actuated and said second speed'reduction gearing arrangement and said third speed reduction gearing arrangement, means for'caus ing said fourthspeed reductiongearing arrangement to b stationary while said first speed reduction gearing arrangement is operative, and means for causing said first speed *reduction'gearing arrangement to be stationary while said fourth speed reductiongearing arrangement is operative V, f ,L

9. Material handling apparatus comprising a drum, a rotatably mounted hollow drum shaft fixedly supporting said drum, an electric motor for causing said hollow drum shaft to be rotated, a device adapted to be manually actuated to cause said hollow drum shaft to be rotated, an

operative connection between said electric motor and said hollow drum shaft-constituted as a first planetary speed reduction gearing arrangement, a second planetary speed reduction gearing arrangement, a clutch shaft in said hollow drum shaft, a clutch mechanism and a third planetary tuated and said hollow drmn-shaft'constituted.

speed reduction gearing arrangement, said first planetary speed reduction gearing arrangement being interposed between said electric motor and 'the second planetary speed reduction gearing arrangement, said second planetary-speed reduction gearing arrangement being interposed between the first planetary speed reduction gearing arrangement and the clutch shaft, said clutch shaft being connected to the clutch mechanism, and said third planetary speed reduction gearing gearing arrangement is operative.

gearing arrangement, said second planetary speed reduction gearing arrangement, said clutch V shaft, said clutch mechanism-andjsaid third planetary speed reduction gearing arrangement, said speed reductiongearing arrangementbeing interposed between said device adapted to' be manually 'actuated and said second planetary speed reduction gearing arrangement, meansffo'r causing said speed reduction-gearing arrangement to be stationary while said first planetary;

speed reduction gearing arrangement is operative,gand means for-causing said firstplanetary speed reduction gearing arrangement/to -be' stationary while said speedreduction gearing arrangement is operative? r a 10. Material handling apparatus comprising a drum, a rotatably mcuntddrum shaft fixedly supporting said drum," an electricmotor for causing said drum shaft; to 'be rotated, adevice adapted to be manually-actuated to'cause said drum shaft to be rotated, an operative connection between said electric 'motorand said'drum shaft constitutedasa first speed reduction gearingarrangement, 'afsecond speed reduction gearing arrangement, a"-clut'ch shaft, a clutch mechanism and-a third speed reduction gearing arrangement; said first speed reduction gearing ,arrangement'being interposedbetween said* elec tri c motor and the second' speed reduction gearing arrangement-, saidsecond; speed reduction gearing arrangement being interposed between the first speed reduction gearing arrangement reduction gearing arrangement being interposed between said device adapted to bemanually actuated and said second speed reductiongearing arrangement, means -for' causing said fourth speed reduction gearing arrangement to bestationary while said first speed reduction gearing arrangement is operative, and-means for causing said first'speed'reduction gearing arrangement to be stationary while said fourth speed reduction :JOSEPH J.

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drum shaft constituted as a speed reduction 

